What is AM_ShellExt64.dll?

AM_ShellExt64.dll is part of Advanced Malware Protection and developed by Advanced Malware Protection. Copyright 2019. according to the AM_ShellExt64.dll version information.

AM_ShellExt64.dll's description is "ShellExt for right click scan menu."

AM_ShellExt64.dll is digitally signed by Zemana D.O.O. Sarajevo.

AM_ShellExt64.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Zemana\AntiMalware\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about AM_ShellExt64.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on AM_ShellExt64.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameAdvanced Malware Protection
Company nameAdvanced Malware Protection. Copyright 2019.
File descriptionShellExt for right click scan menu.
Internal nameShellExt.dll
Original filenameShellExt.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright 2019. All rights reserved.
Product version3.1.0.102
File version3.1.0.102

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameAdvanced Malware Protection
Company nameAdvanced Malware Protection. Copyrig..
File descriptionShellExt for right click scan menu.
Internal nameShellExt.dll
Original filenameShellExt.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright 2019. All rights reserved.
Product version3.1.0.102
File version3.1.0.102

Digital signatures [?]

AM_ShellExt64.dll has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameZemana D.O.O. Sarajevo
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number0a8c350ca6483a099fc10365d4dc3cd8

VirusTotal report

None of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the AM_ShellExt64.dll file.

None of the 69 anti-virus programs detected the AM_ShellExt64.dll file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

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    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll",
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0"
    ],
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll"
    ],
    "command_line": [
        "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll,DllMain"
    ],
    "file_exists": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll",
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll.manifest"
    ],
    "file_read": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorSystemHeapIsPrivate",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorUseSystemHeap"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2336,
        "summary": {
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorSystemHeapIsPrivate",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\OLE\\PageAllocatorUseSystemHeap"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "kernel32",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll",
                "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1564383184.7969,
        "ppid": 2740
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\rundll32.exe",
        "process_name": "rundll32.exe",
        "pid": 2740,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll"
            ],
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll"
            ],
            "command_line": [
                "\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe\" C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll,DllMain"
            ],
            "file_exists": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll",
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll.manifest"
            ],
            "file_read": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\6565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43.bin.dll"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1564383184.6406,
        "ppid": 1664
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1564383184.3438,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\Users\\mertc\\Desktop\\ShellExt\\bin\\ShellExt64.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".gfids",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0688400268555,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5326,
            "time": 3.0319130420685,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5654,
            "time": 1.0149040222168,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5982,
            "time": 3.0447371006012,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6310,
            "time": 1.5200819969177,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 6638,
            "time": -0.0990309715271,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6966,
            "time": 1.5317990779877,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 16764,
            "time": 1.0358300209045,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 25148,
            "time": 3.1332490444183,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "407341249393df327b7413db000cab3c692fe8e9f6e870d0c97253a67c5fee26",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "091262fb9436ecf1a168786d82e52339590aba5ba4eabd04d630d0045a239f0b",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandboxScreenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5072a1bf8f68d0e7715cff0861d6ea020
SHA2566565b0daf6e49e4dd1d941f646234b0137dffa5ad3dbfe539cf670301f889b43

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Votes
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0
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7

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